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Senior presidential adviser David Axelrod walks with Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton, speechwriter Cody Keenan, second from right, and Assistant to the President Reggie Love across the South Lawn before boarding Marine One at the White House in Washington, DC.

Senior presidential adviser David Axelrod walks with Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton, speechwriter Cody Keenan, second from right, and Assistant to the President Reggie Love across the South Lawn before boarding Marine One at the White House in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images)

Senior presidential adviser David Axelrod walks with Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton, speechwriter Cody Keenan, second from right, and Assistant to the President Reggie Love across the South Lawn before boarding Marine One at the White House in Washington, DC.